Telephone attachment



C. J. MOSES. TELEPHONE ATTACHMENT. APPLICATION FILED MAY 15. 1917.

1,355,243. Patented 0ct.12,1920.

UNITED stares PAHLIDENTV OFFICE.

' CHARLES J. MosEs, or Become,

NEW JERSEY.

'rELEPHoNr. ATTACHMENT.

T 0 all whom 2'22 may concern.

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. Moses, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bogota, in the county of HackenSack, State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to IHZLKQ and use the same;

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in an attachmentfor telephone stands and has for its primary object to provide a device by means of which suitable note paper may be secured to a telephone stand for use by the party using the telephone.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this character in which a roll of paper maybe supported in such a manner that the paper is capable of being fed across the paper supporting member. I

Figure l, is a perspective view of the device in place on a telephone stand,

Fig. 2, is a detail view of the arm, 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3, is a detail plan view of the arm,

Fig. 4, is a detail plan view of the roll holder, and,

Fig. 5, is a sectional view on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the reference numeral 10 designates a suitable paper supporting table or plate which is formed of a piece of metal and preferably rectangular in shape. One end of the table is provided with outwardly extending members which will be described more fully herebelow.

Across one end of the plate 10 is a strip 11 held thereon by means of fingers 12 formed from the central portion of the strip 11 and passed downward through slots in 'the plate 10 and then bent at an angle so Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented oat; 12, 1920. Application filed May 15, 1917. Serial No. 168,780. v

means of the screw 14, thus holding paper of different widths. 'The upper end of the bracket 15 is provided with an opening to receive one end of the paper-supporting shaft 17. I

The other end of the strip 11 has arranged thereon a hinged leaf 16 which is held against the 16'." The free endof the leaf 16 is provided with an elongated opening, to receive the other end of the shaft 17.

:The other end of the plate 10 hasarranged on its edges laterally extending ears 20 bent down as at 23 and provided with openings 21. Overlying this end of the plate 10 is a guide 22,- the ends of which have L-shaped ears to conform to the ears 20 on the plate. 10, While its central portion is slightly curved and extends down past and is spaced from the edge of the plate 10. The ears of the guide are provided with elongated openings through which pass screws taking into the downturned ends 23 of the ears 20 on the plate 10, so that the guide 22 may be adjusted with respect to the plate.

The guide has its inner edge provided with two up-bent pencil holders 23 and an upstanding thumb grip 24 so arranged that, when a slight outward and upward pressure is applied thereto, the inner edge of the guide will be raised sufficiently to permit the movement of the paper freely between it and the plate 10. When the pressure is released from the thumb grip 24 the resiliency of its ears will pull the guide 22 back toward the plate 10, thus holding the paper at that end securely.

paper roll byfthe spring 30 is provided with a fork 86 adapted to be secured tothe under side of the writing table or plate 10 by means of rivetsor the like, said means being so arranged as not to interfere with the smooth surface of the plate 10. i r

From the foregoing description it will be Seen that when a roll of paper is placed within the holder on the shaft 17, the paper is prevented from accidental unwinding by the pressure of the leaf 16 against its end.

' ing surface.

The free end of the paper is thenslipped between the guide 22 and the plate 10, and the resiliency of the down turned ends 23 is sufficient to hold the paper on the Writ- The user now smooths out the paper between the guide 22 and strip 10 and writing maybe done upon its surface: thereafter pressure on the thumb grip 24: raises the guide as above stated, and the paper can beslipped along to the left to present a new surface as it is unwound from the roll. j V s V Having, thus described the what is claimed, isz I 1; A telephone attachment comprising a table, means for connecting it to a telee phone, a paper clip at one end of the table, a strip lying across the other end of and having fingers engaged with slots in the table, a leaf connected by a spring hinge with one end of the strip, a right-angular bracket having in its upper end an opening invention,

and in its base a slot, a'set screw' passing through said slot into strip, and a shaft carried by said leaf and engaging saidopening, for the purpose set forth. 7

2. A telephone attachment comprising a table, means for connecting it to a telephone, paper-holding means at one end of the table, the other endhaving lateral ears provided with resilient downturned ends, and a paper clamping element. whose-body extends beyond this end of the table and has lateral ears turned down and connected with those mentioned whereby'the body of the clamping element can be sprung upward off the table, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES J. Mosns;

Witnesses:

Grms. D. VVALKER, F.W. Mourns.- 

